Resourcing the National Goals for Schooling – Stages 1, 2 and 3

Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth

Abstract

In July 2001, the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) established the Schools Resourcing Taskforce (SRT) to analyse and provide advice on school funding issues. MCEETYA 2001 also endorsed a significant national project Resourcing the National Goals (RNG) to form the major work of the Taskforce. The overall aim of the project is to advise Ministers on the future amount of resources required by the school sector to deliver even more effectively on the National Goals for Schooling. The RNG research has followed the adoption of MCEETYA in 2002 of a set of Principles for a National and Cooperative Approach to Funding Schools. The research and analysis of the SRT on the costs of schooling provides a tangible basis for understanding the possible implications of the Principles.